New coal mining exploration is getting support from the Tasmanian Government, but some farmers say they are not being adequately informed about potential developments on their land.

Tourists flock to this tulip farm to see the flowers, but it is under the ground where the serious farming is happening.

When Carol Westmore bought a farm near Launceston 15 years ago, she inadvertently embarked on a mammoth heritage-restoration project.

Llama Hiking in Tasmania, for therapy, for charity and because llamas are lovely creatures.

The accused Claremont serial killer, Bradley Edwards, has pleaded guilty to attacks on two women in the years leading up to the disappearance of Sarah Spiers.

Authorities downgrade the alert for a fire in Tasmania's Central Highlands which has destroyed more than 100 hectares.

Tourism operators on one of Tasmania's breathtaking islands are riding a wave of untapped beauty and are reeling in visitors with locally grown produce.

Staff working in a government building in Tasmania thought they struck gold when they found an artwork by Pierre-Auguste Renoir on the office walls, but museum curators were able to confirm it was a reproduction when they magnified the image and saw there were pixels.

Climb a 40 metre elm tree to see arborists at work at Deloraine's historic Calstock

Three people are arrested after a police car was shot at then rammed as officers took shelter in a McDonald's restaurant, in what an Assistant Commissioner says is part of a "worrying trend" of violence towards police.

Officers took shelter inside a McDonald's restaurant in Sunbury while their patrol car was shot at and rammed. Three men were later arrested.

Turkeys bred on a farm in western Victoria are at the centre of the global fight to improve the flu vaccine.

Think rural women are all farmers' wives? You need to meet my netball team.

Hindmarsh Shire mayor Ron Ismay comes under criticism for using sexist language when introducing the Nationals MP Emma Kealy at an event in Nhill in western Victoria, later saying it "was not that big of a deal".

A man who claims he can make it rain is building a following in the Victorian grain belt, where a group of farmers have paid for rainfall between May and October.

Eucalyptus oil production sounds like a distinctly Australian industry. While we once where the dominant player in the market, we've long been outpriced by cheap imports. Laura Poole reports that families, with a long history in this old art, are trying to keep up local production.